The number of Palestinians who have starved to death due to Israel’s brutal siege on Gaza rose to 197 people, including 96 children. The WHO says that about 12,000 children in Gaza under the age of five were acutely malnourished at the end of July, the highest number on record.

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At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine

"What Israel is pursuing, in the words of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is 'indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians,' not from 'some disproportionate outburst by some soldiers in some unit' but through 'government policy—knowingly, evilly, irresponsibly dictated.'

Growing up, every aspect of my Jewish identity was connected to the Holocaust…."

And to the insistence that Jews could not let this happen to anyone...

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"Gaza now has the highest number of amputee children per capita in the world, Gazan children are being purposely targeted by IDF snipers, all civilian infrastructure across the region is being systematically leveled, Gazans are being regularly massacred at Israeli-run food distribution sites, and mass starvation is underway. This isn’t a war Israel is prosecuting, and hasn’t been for a long time, if it ever was."

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Aaron Regunberg writes a letter to his Jewish American mother, who refuses to oppose Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza:

"Dear Mom,

It’s time for us to talk about Israel. …

I need to express what it’s doing to my heart to see you—and much of your generation—fail to grapple with Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Because that is what we’re talking about here."

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https://newrepublic.com/article/198202/israel-gaza-genocide-never-again-happening-again

"Gaza now has the highest number of amputee children per capita in the world, Gazan children are being purposely targeted by IDF snipers, all civilian infrastructure across the region is being systematically leveled, Gazans are being regularly massacred at Israeli-run food distribution sites, and mass starvation is underway. This isn’t a war Israel is prosecuting, and hasn’t been for a long time, if it ever was."

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"What Israel is pursuing, in the words of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is 'indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians,' not from 'some disproportionate outburst by some soldiers in some unit' but through 'government policy—knowingly, evilly, irresponsibly dictated.'

Growing up, every aspect of my Jewish identity was connected to the Holocaust…."

And to the insistence that Jews could not let this happen to anyone...

#Israel#Gaza #starvation #genocide
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Aaron Regunberg writes a letter to his Jewish American mother, who refuses to oppose Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza:

"Dear Mom,

It’s time for us to talk about Israel. …

I need to express what it’s doing to my heart to see you—and much of your generation—fail to grapple with Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Because that is what we’re talking about here."

#Israel#Gaza #starvation #genocide
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https://newrepublic.com/article/198202/israel-gaza-genocide-never-again-happening-again

"Gaza now has the highest number of amputee children per capita in the world, Gazan children are being purposely targeted by IDF snipers, all civilian infrastructure across the region is being systematically leveled, Gazans are being regularly massacred at Israeli-run food distribution sites, and mass starvation is underway. This isn’t a war Israel is prosecuting, and hasn’t been for a long time, if it ever was."

#Israel#Gaza #starvation #genocide
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Aaron Regunberg writes a letter to his Jewish American mother, who refuses to oppose Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza:

"Dear Mom,

It’s time for us to talk about Israel. …

I need to express what it’s doing to my heart to see you—and much of your generation—fail to grapple with Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Because that is what we’re talking about here."

#Israel#Gaza #starvation #genocide
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https://newrepublic.com/article/198202/israel-gaza-genocide-never-again-happening-again

"Saying ‘both sides are the same,’ when one side is a lie and the other the truth, always promotes the lie and degrades the truth. Thus, attempts to create contexts in which both sides are essentially just opposite views of entirely equal value should always be understood as attempts to disguise a lie."

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"or if hungry people should have food, or if thirsty people should have water, or if disabled people should have access to buildings, we have already lost.

Those things don’t go on the table. Because once they are on they are on the table, they have entered the realm of the things we consider."

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"More than two dozen rabbis were arrested Tuesday after sitting down on the floor in Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office and praying for food aid for people in Gaza."

~ Jennifer Bendery

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tariffs-white-house-latest_n_686ec29fe4b09bd98fe4be7e/liveblog_68890171e4b07dfa117e1df0

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"I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide ...

For Israelis of my generation, the word 'genocide' was supposed to remain a nightmare from another planet. A word tethered to our grandparents’ photographs and the ghosts of European ghettoes, not to our own neighborhoods."

~ Yuli Novak

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/30/israeli-human-rights-group-genocide

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"It’s not a linguistic debate, it’s man-made starvation. Defense of Israel cannot condone the indefensible."

~ Jennifer Rubin

"The situation in Gaza is unacceptable and antithetical to our Jewish values, and it’s incumbent on the Israeli government, the United States, and all parties to ensure that Gazans have access to food.”

~ Jewish Democratic Council of America

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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/its-not-a-linguistic-debate-its-man